Comments on: An FAQ on the Difference between Mormonism and Biblical Christianityhttp://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/08/30/an-faq-on-the-difference-between-mormonism-and-biblical-christianity/
Between Two WorldsTue, 03 Mar 2015 17:50:09 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1By: Timothy Oliverhttp://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/08/30/an-faq-on-the-difference-between-mormonism-and-biblical-christianity/#comment-70956
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:17:06 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70956Actually, the Book of Mormon is not “basically sound” in its theology. Its doctrine of God is not Trinitarian, but henotheistic modalism.
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Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:12:12 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70954The apparent confusion is resolved by the fact that Brigham Young believed and taught that Adam was God the Father, son of Elohim, God the grandfather. Mormons today identify Elohim as God the Father.
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Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:35:44 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70882this is really sad…almost all of the ‘facts’ above are false or misrepresented.

i’m no longer mormon but my family still is, and i’ve never ever heard such heretical things as those above after years in the mormon church.

mormons believe that the bible is the word of God, but that revelation was missing from his church until Joe Smith came along and restored this. they believe that salvation is only thru Christ, thru his atonement for our sins – not grace. that we don’t need to blame infants for adam & eve’s ‘transgression,’ but respect them as our earthly parents and worry about our own sins. that life is a lesson we were meant to learn and that after death we continue to progress. that Christ is the son of God but there is only one God. only one. they believe in the holy spirit, but don’t refer to these three as ‘the trinity,’ as there is only one god.

their biggest digression is that Jesus, after resurrecting, came to the Americas to teach the people here – ergo the book of mormon.

as a christian, i try to respect varied beliefs, for we all serve the same God. He created us all. judgmental myopia only tears us apart, especially when it comes to Islam nowadays. Mohammad apparently believed in Jesus, and taught that Allah was the same god as that of Moses and Abraham. if God deemed to reveal a way for the arab people to worship him, then who are we to judge? if so, God even sent his same angel gabriel to both Mohammad and Mary – and still we discount fellow believers of the same God, and fight over who’s better or closer to Him.

Christianity should be based on being Christ-like, not dogma, or else we are no better than the pharisees that believe in the letter rather than the spirit of the law. and even though i dont believe in the mormon religion, i do believe what Christ said is true: by their fruits ye shall know them. And aside from mormon intolerance against 10% of the population, whom God also created (and which is equally present in His animal world), i would say that otherwise, mormons have proven themselves to be true lovers and friends of their fellow men.

why belittle beliefs? we don’t need to believe the same thing to love one another, do we?

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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:30:17 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70618[…] Justin Taylor has done the work for us at The Gospel Coalition. […]
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Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:03:01 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70601[…] Apologetics: Justin Taylor offers an FAQ on the differences between Christianity and Mormonism […]
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Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:12:15 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70575You know what’s totally fascinating is how you can actually replace all the Scripture supports above with verses from the Book of Mormon! I’m serious, you really can! For example, the Book of Mormon teaches that God is spirit and not a man become god.

It’s been a while since I did this exercise, but I was able to proof text almost the entire Apostles Creed, phrase by phrase, from the Book of Mormon.

All the weird stuff comes in the later writings. I mention this only because if you’re witnessing to Mormons, sometimes it’s easier to start with the Book of Mormon which they trust. Surprisingly, the Book of Mormon is basically sound in its theology, just really wild with its history.

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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:46:39 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70544[…] A comparison chart showing the differences between Mormonism and Christianity. The differences between these 2 religions is startling. […]
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:39:47 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70536[…] a helpful post by Justin Taylor that details the theological differences that spell out why Mormons are not […]
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:47:11 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70531[…] – Justin Taylor outlines the difference between Mormonism and biblical Christianity. […]
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:43:09 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70506Thank you so much for this guide. It’s clear, concise, and respectful.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:38:02 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70468[…] more information about Mormonism you can read this very helpful synopsis by Justin Taylor taken from the ESV Study Bible notes. […]
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:46:42 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70461The most obvious problem with the FAQ is its representations of Mormon doctrine. None of them is substantiated, and some of them are false. The claim that belief in Christ is not necessary for the resurrection is kind of interesting. Mormons often teach that all will be resurrected, but Mormons teach that this will happen only after the Millennium. Mormons believe hell to be the suffering during this time in which people suffer for their own sins. Mormons believe that after that, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ. So the resurrection won’t happen until people believe in Christ.

Also, the FAQ falsely states that all Mormons believe grace to be is what gets one a free resurrection. But Mormons also believe God’s grace to be what grants remission of sins and changes one’s heart so that one no longer desires to sin.

The funniest thing about the FAQ is the Bible passages cited in support of the claims. Some of them just don’t support the claims at all. Most obviously, this is true of the claims about the Trinity. The Bible simply does not support this doctrine, as real theologians will readily admit.

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:18:39 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70450When I deal with any cult I take them to Matthew 16:18 and tell them if what they are saying is true then Jesus can’t be sinless and our sacrifice for sin cause he promised perpetuity to his Church. If what the cults r saying is true then Jesus is powerless to keep his promises. Great comparison!!!!
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:05:17 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70441This explanation sounds very accurate to me. I was in the LDS church for a few years while in college, and these are the things I was taught. Some of the ideas–like God originally being a man–are not mentioned much to non-Mormons, but that is church doctrine. And Mormons who are married in the temple and are faithful to the church will become gods who will give birth to their own spirit children in the afterlife and populate planets of their own.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:29:18 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70438Get to know them, and let the individual speak her/his beliefs about their religion. Then, address the things they bring up and bring it back to the Gospel. Speak to the person, not to the religion. My two cents. :)
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:53:34 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70418Thanks for posting this, Justin.

If I may, allow me to point everyone to GodNeverSinned.com, where I have done video interviews asking Mormons if they believe that God the Father was once perhaps a sinner before achieving godhood. The bulk of them are on the side of yes. If there one thing that most separates Mormonism and Biblical Christianity, it is that Biblical Christianity has a rock-solid position that God the Father never was a sinner.

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:50:42 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70411[…] From a recent post by Justin Taylor, which he adapted from an article on religious cults in the ESV Study Bible: What do Mormons believe about apostasy and restoration? […]
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:09:14 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70406Thanks, Justin. I am having a discussion at my place on the potential theological problems of supporting Glenn Beck due to the errors of Mormonism. I will point her to this resource which expands on my short comparison chart.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:52:25 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70397This is helpful. Thanks. Although can I throw out a question? What approach have you taken when trying to witness the Gospel to the Mormons? I seem to go for the Deity and Eternality of Christ. They are very slippery and afterwards, I usually go straight to the scriptures to get solidification and assurance in the Truth.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:27:11 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70379I think “Ladder Day” is celebrated after Pioneer Day.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:07:16 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70376Thanks for posting this. As a new resident in Utah I expect to refer to this many times.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:43:13 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70368[…] A FAQ on the Difference Between Mormonism and Biblical Christianity — A short summary of important differences compiled by Justin Taylor […]
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:43:02 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70361So the Mormon’s idea of the after-life is kind of like credit card cards tiers: Regular, Gold, and Diamond. Neat.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:32:09 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70351[…] FAQ on the Difference between Mormonism and Biblical Christianity. See here. Posted in Religion, Theology | No Comments » Leave a […]
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:33:17 +0000http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/?p=12578#comment-70348@craig – +1 However, apparently, some of ‘em climb pretty well (c.f. Beck, Glen) ;0)
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